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In music, the organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more pipe divisions or other means (generally woodwind or electric) for producing tones. The organs have usually two or three, up to five, manuals for playing with the hands and a pedalboard for playing with the feet.
- Organ repertoire - Wikipedia
The organ repertoire is considered to be the largest and...
- Organ (music) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In music, organ is a word that can mean several kinds of...
- Organ repertoire - Wikipedia
This category is a collection of articles relating to the organ (the musical instrument), including pipe organs, electronic organs, organists and related topics. Related topics include Category:Electric and electronic keyboard instruments . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Organs (music).
The history of the organ in England. Although the earliest known reference to an English organ dates from the tenth century, when St Dunstan gave an organ to Malmesbury Abbey, nothing exists of an instrument in unaltered form until the 1680s or so. But with a bit of digging around, we can work out what some of these earlier organs sounded like.
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organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows. The term organ encompasses reed organs and electronic organs but, unless otherwise specified, is usually understood to refer to pipe organs.
The symphonic organ is a style of pipe organ that flourished during the first three decades of the 20th century in town halls and other secular public venues, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has roots in 19th-century Europe, and is a variation of the classical pipe organ. It features expanded capabilities, with many ...
